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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1907
Page
8
From all sections of Chehalis County, gathered by Aberdeee Herald correspondents and exchanged with our county exchanges. A brief montage of local items highlights community activity and regional updates.
Community notices list a Wednesday meeting at Mrs. A D Bishop's home, several marriage license filings for Daniel Peterson and Anna B R Winonipson, vacations and travels of Dr J S Walston and others, school events, a fiftieth birthday milestone for J A Hutchinson, and travel plans of Mrs C Long and daughter Belle to Seattle plus trolley rail progress on T and Fourth streets.
Items report funerals and family travel from Newark Ohio to Elma Washington as relatives attend services and manage estates. Messages note residents shopping, illness, and visits in Elma and nearby towns with several names and locations. Other items mention railcar deliveries to Elma Lumber and trips to Alaska and Washington homesteads. The column also includes light anecdotes from Judge and Mrs. Stiles.
Mrs Frank Provoe visited friends in Olympia on Wednesday. G I K Van Winkle visited his North River homestead on Wednesday. Mrs J P Larrick called to Sumner on business earlier this week. Arthur Baldwin recovering from typhoid fever. Mrs Sophia Petterson traveled from Porter to stay with her parents Mr and Mrs Oscar Lomborg. Ora Murrey and wife from Greenwood visited the Mauermann home last Sunday. Mrs Sid Johnson and two children left for Raymond to visit relatives and will tour Centralia before returning.
Four esquires were raised to Knights Friday by the local lodge Knights of Pythias. A banquet followed at the Washington hotel with Chancellor Commander D. M. Bowes toastmaster. The event extended past 1:30 a.m. as members enjoyed the fraternal gathering. Chris Herickson left Saturday for his be one of the most popular in the city.
A brief Washington Star item notes Mrs. Torkins praising horses in good form at the track while Charley the dean remarks bettors can still be in bad shape. The exchange reads with a touch of irritation in tone.
In a sharp exchange Miss Mudd accuses someone of insincere complexion while Miss Knox counters that the opposite is true. The Philadelphia Press credits the quip as a witty remark about genuineness and appearance.
The Philadelphia Press notes a quip about wives deciding to buy only what they can afford while the Hippo Baby joke from Chicago News imagines Doctor Pelican commenting on a pugilist future Mrs Hippo. The items reflect light humorous snippets from period papers.
A judge notes Hewitt asks Gruet for a smile and Gruet orders an expensive drink. The exchange features Jewett remarking that Gruet’s smiles appear broad.
In the Superior Court of Washington Chehalis County the administrator with the will annexed for Porter P Carr deceased asks all creditors and claimants to exhibit their claims with vouchers within one year from first publication. Address for claims is 119 North G Street Aberdeen WA. First publication May 13, 1907. Last publication June 3, 1907. Calvin Maynxam administrator with the will annexed.
A husband and wife debate odd sale items listed in a Chicago News column. The husband frets over a gasoline engine and other impractical bargains while proposing purchases such as a piano, a polar bear, a concrete machine, and a delicatessen store.
An old colored deacon asks to sweep hornets from the meeting house rafters while the parson says Providence sent them to wake sleeping sinners. The quip frames a rural church warning story from Chicago News style.
In a Tatler style snippet John complains of a single tooth while attempting to spike a pickled onion, as a farmer and narrator exchange the concern with a joking alarm over dinner.
Reporter and interviewee swap quips about timing as the exchange unfolds. The back and forth highlights tensions between deadlines and performance in a satirical newsroom moment.
A humorous exchange captures praise from a musical genius and sharp doubt from an unappreciative observer, illustrating contrasting reactions to a musical strain. The Harvard Lampoon quote frames the dialogue with wit and irony.
The piece portrays a sunlit desert scene in Cactus Center with daz zlin' light, stars closer in the calm night, greasers nodding by adobe walls, burros tiring of packs, and squaws resting on cayuse as spring seduces the Southwest. The narrator hints at escape and freedom as the desert swirls like a magic sea.
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